Loom.



R. GROMPTON & J. R. FITTON.

LOOM. 'APPLIIOATION FILED DEC. 23, 1907.

934,047. Patented Sept. 14, 1909. 5 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

R. CRDMPTON 82; J. R. FITTGN.

LOOM.

APPLIUATIQN FILED DEC. 23, 1907.

Eatenfied Sept. 1%, 190

E. CROMPTON & J. R. FITTUN. LOOM.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.23,190I.

Patented Se t. 14. 1909.

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O m A m Q 6 B may R. OROMPTON & J. R. FITTON.

LOOM.

APPLICATION TILED DEO.23, 1907,

Patented Sept. 14. 1909 askue vvbow M WOW ma I To may concern:

UNITED STATES RANDOLPH canons-son AND JOHN nl-m'r'roir," or WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS; As-

. SIG NORS- '10 QBOMPTON CHUSETTS.

Specification of Letters intent.

Application filed December 23,1907. Serial No. 407,765.

: Be it known that we, BANDbl-PH CnoMP- Ton and Jon B. Fri'roN, citizens of the- United States, residing at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Mesfi chusetts, havejointly invented certain new and useful Improvements" in Looms, of

which the fOllOWlIlg is a specification,

' This invention relates to'pla-in and shi:tting shuttle box looms, and more particularly to automatic looms of the class shown and described in United States Letters Patents,

. N0, 528,90, and No. 600,Q53; wherein the witholit stop ing the loom.

have become complete y; exhausted, "and to overcome various olnectmnable features, In mechanisms which have been devised for this pur .088, and to Obtain improved and more per ect results in the operation of the loom. ,Prior to our inventlon automatic looms usin one-or more shuttles have been supplie with measuring n echanlsms, arranged to'indicate for a change ofthe fillingcar= fiel'S after a filling earner has been thrown or picked across the loom a predetermined number of times, as shown ,and descrlbed 1n United States Letter P t t N9 and ,121. Detec g mechanisms or' feeling devices have also beenemployed in automatic looms usin one or more shuttles, arranged to feel on Tie wound filling mass to-detect the approaching exhaustion of .the filling, as shown and described in United States Letters Patents, No. 527 ,014, and No.

The two broad principles involved the Letters Patents ab0ve referred,- to cover the various mechanisms found" in the present state of the art,

. 1 In this present invention the filling which is being woven into the goods is neither .mcasu-red, nor testedby a -feeler,,ai1dwe therefore do not mean to claim the some, but as our mvention is of a novel construction and involves a new principle, consistingbroadly in devices acting. inside the shut- "tl, which operate to disconnect theifilllng from its s( nice of suppl ,after a full shot or pick- 0f filling hasjbeen aid-in the shed, s b. stontinlly at the selvnge of the fabric, and at a point, in the withdrawal of the filling ing carrier to be substituted for the carrier containingthe reversed woundfilling, thus leaving a .predetermined amount of waste to a. given p ck.

. Ve are the first to disconnectthe trail of the filling from its source ofsupply in. the huttle, after the shuttle has laid a full ick in the shed, at a point, in the un'win ing which leaves apredetermined amountIof & xnowm'ss ,LOOM WORKS, A CORPORATION or m-sssnwaste to a single pick, and have, by thenovel mechauismof our invention, obta ned a, perfeet and unvsryiniresult, which in theprevlous invent-ions s isms, and ,feeler mechanisms, both ofwhi'ch owing measuring 1 nechinventions wehave above referred to, o have been-impossible toobtain, 2

We have shownintll'e drawings, a bobbin changing mechanism, but it will be vunderstood that our invention is intended to. cover n loomemploying any well known form of.

shifting or drop shuttleboxes, as the ,msn

ncr of placing the shuttle. before the has no bearing on our-invention. v

Ve have only shown in the drawings-depicker tnched portions of a loom, of the class referred to, with t magazine and weft 'replenishing mechanism, and other parts, suf- ,ficienttoen-able those skilled in theart to understand the construction and operation thereof.

Referring to the drowingszFi%ure e ifront' view of a detached portion 0 thought.

hand end of a loom, with our improvements thereon. Fig. 2'is a section, on line 2, 2,

Fig. 1, looking in the direction of arrow 11,

same figure; therear portion of the mega-- zine ispartially broken away. v Fig, 3' come spondsto lfigu 2, but. shows some of the parts inn .difierent position; Fig, fLShOWS'a shut- 1 the, land the, indicating eve det eds i Fig,- -5 showsone end. of the Shuttles with the plate thereon. Fig, 6' is a section, on line 6,

6, Fig.- 1,,l0okiogin the direction o arrow .b',

some figure, showing the transferrer arm,

lit;

different position of some of the parts.

andf'shipper lever stand; the other parts are left off in this figure. Fig. 7 is asection, 1

on line 7, Fig. 6, looking in the direction of arrow 0, sa1ne'ligur'e, showing the transferrer arm in section, and the side stop motion slide. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the side stop. motion, looking in the direction of arrow at, Fig. 7; the stand shownin Fig. 7 is left off in this figure. Fig. 9 is, on an en larged scale, a plan view of the side stop motion shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 is a section, on line'lO, 10, Fig. 9, looking in'the direction of arrow 6, same figure. Fig. 11 corresponds to Fig. 10, but shows some of the parts'in another position. Fig. 12 is a sectional plan view of the slide shown in Fig. 10, with some of the parts removed. Fig. 13 corresponds to Fig. 12, but shows a Fi 14 is a front view of the right handend 3f the lay, detached, with some parts broken away, and showing the shuttle on the lay,

' preparatory to entering the box, and, Fig. 15

is a section, on lme 15, 15, F g. 14, looking n the dlrectlon of arrow 7', same figure.-

In the accompanying drawings, 1 is a detached portion of a loom side or end frame, 2 is" the breast beam, 3 is the lay, and 4 a shuttle. A stationary stand 5 has a foot 5 the tip of the bobbin.

lever 9 and 10 has a concave recessed portion in which the bobbin rests and is supported,

secured, upon the upper side of the loom frame and the breast beam, at the endthereof, and forms a rigid support fortheseveral parts of the indicating and transferring mechanism. To a side extension 5" on the stand 5 is in this instance secured an intermediate stand 6, and to the stand 6 is in this instance secured the stationary magazine 7, having in this instance four compartments 7 for bobbins or filling carriers 8 the lower part of the magazine and the compartments therein, extending in a perpendicular plane, and the upper part. of the magazine and the compartments therein, extending in .an inclined plane relative to the lower part,

to hold the heads and tips of the bobbins-in said inclined parts out of line with each other in the direction of the length of the r bobbins. The upper part of the magazine is in this instance made inclined outwardly relative to the length of-the loom," as shown -in 'Fig. 1, and the bobbins move down in their compartments bygravity. The lowest bobbin in each compartment rests in this head of'the bobbin, and the other as 10, for Each support or as shown in Fig. 2, and also has a convexed portion on its end, which is adapted to pass under the bobbin above the lowest bobbin,

' after the lowest bobbin has been discharged, to support the series of bobbins, as shown in Fig. 3 The pair of supports 9 and 10 are part of the magazine 7. The supports 9 and it) are yieldingly held in their operativeposition to support the bobbins, in this iii-- stance by a helically coiled torsion spring 12, encircling the shaft 11, and attached at one end to a collar 12 on said shaft, and at its other end to the magazine;

The lower ends of the compartments 7 of the magazine 7, in this. instance converge toward a central discharge opening 7", as is customary, and when the supporting arms 9 and 10, are moved to release a bobbin, the bobbin passes down to the discharging end 7 of the magazine 7, and isyieldinglyheld there, at its head and tip' end, by blades or plates 7 and springs 7, see Fig. 2, or

other suitable devices, as is customary, until the transferrer arm operates to engage and carry the bobbin down into the shuttle.

We will now describe the mechanism for operating the bobbin supports or rocking levers 9 and 10. It will be understood, as above stated, that there are a; pair of supports or looking levers 9 and lQk atthe lower end of each compartment, for supporting the superimposed bobbins in the compartments, and the mechanism foiyoperating one pair of supports-is a duplicate of the mechanism for operating the other pairs of supports, and therefore it is only necessary to describe the mechanism for operating one pair of supports, and similar figures of reference are used on similar parts. The rocking shaft 11 has in this instance on its inner end an arm 14, wlnch has pivotally connected there to one end of a link or connector '15; the

.The lever or arm 16 has extending downs wardly from its hub, a projection 16, which extends in the path of and is adapted to be engaged by the inner end of a hook or lever 18, which has a hub or boss 18' at its outer end, which is loosely mounted on a pin 19, carried at the end of an arm 20, which has its hub 20 fast on a short shaft 30 mounted in suitable hearings in the stand 5. The

shaft 30 has fast thereon the hub 31' of .a.

lever 31, see Fig. 1; the lever 31 is con nected, through a pin 32, .to the upper end of an upright lever 33, which has a hub 33 on its lower end, which is fast on the rock shaft 345, which is mounted in suitable bearings at the rear of the breast beam, see F ig.

1. Also fast on the rock shaft34 is the hub 35. of an upright lever The upper end of the upright lever35 is made curved, see Fig. 10, to extend int-o a recess .36. in the 'rear. end of the slide 36 .of the side filling fork stop motion. The slide 86 is mounted 111 a sultable track or way .37 on the upper side of the breast'beam, and carries at its I inner end the weft fork 38, pivotally mounted on a transverse pin. ,39 The weft fork 38,.has'a,hook,o1- projection 38 on its inner end, which extends in the-path of andis dapted; b e gag d by th upp r a d 0 the weftyliammer 40 of the ordinarystop motion;

\Vhenthe slide 36 is in its outward position,;as shown in Fig. 11, the slide will be held in that position byh latch 41, seesFig. 12, which is pivotally attached .,tx) a 42' on an extension '37 on the track or way3fl, and extends into a notch orrecess 36 .in'the, slide 36. A spring wire 43 actuates the latch,

41. A plate 36 fast on the upper side of hook shaped arm 3 8"on the outer end of the ii eft, fork'38, see Fig. 11. The slide 36 has apinA-B. attached thereto, and extending out from one side thereof, see Fig. 9. The pin 48 extends into the upwardly bent forkshaped end 49 of a rocking wire or rod 49,

which is held at its inner end on the upper side of the hreastbeam 2, by a strap 50, see Fig. 9. Clheother end 49 ofthe rocking wire. or rod 49 is'o tfset, and bent inwardly, and then outwardly, as shown in Fig. 9. The end 49" of the rocking wire or rod 49 extends into the yoke-shaped end 51f of a vertically moving slide 51, see Fig. 6, which is supported,- to have a Vertical movement in a track or my in the downward extension I .52 on a lever 52, which is pivotally mounted at its outer endon'a stud 53 on the underside of the shipper stand or bracketfi t, see Fig.- 7 .5 The lower end of the vertically moving slide .5l-is in the'fath of and is adapted to engage-one end o a. l'ever'55, which is pivotallymonnted on the underside of the breast beamon a stud-56.. The other end of the lever 5 5 is adapted to .be operated byfithe to-stopthe lo, 55.

cent-er ,filljngstop motion of: the loom, not shown, in the ordinary way, which operates- 1 in case thefillihg is broken in the she da.

. The rockshaftld ljhas fastenedthereon,

" .itsljonterend,afcollar 57, see' F ig. 1', carry} ing a spring, blade or plate. .58, having a side "extension 58 thereon, vwhich is adapted to' extend over and, engage an "outwardlyjextendingprojection-59' on a dagger 59, see Figs. 2', and 3, whi ih ispivotfally supported on astud GO-onfa downwardly extending ann- 61 oithe transferrerai'ini 61,'which isrnount ed on a stud 62, hclicallyeciied' torsion ries at its upper end a hub 66 having a pin thereon, which'is adapted to. extend over and engagethe upper edge of'the da gel; 59, see F igs. 2, and 3. The up'rightro is attached at its lower end to a lever,'not shown which is operated by a' cam, not shown, to communicate a regular up and intervals, and cause the pin 67 to engage the I dagger .59, in case said dagger is in its raised 1 position, and move down out of the path of the hunter 64, against thefaction of the downmotion to the rod '65, at predetermined spring blade 58.wh ich' tends to raise said dagger.

The transferre'r arm 61 carries at its inner end a pin 68, see Figs, 6, and 7, extending out from one side thereof, on which is loosely mounted the hub 69 ofthe transferrer 69,"

which is adapted to engage the head or butt endlof the bobbin. The transferrer. 69 has an -upwardly extending arm '69 carrying. a

pin 70, which extends into and travels in a slot 6' in the stand 6,see Figs. 6 and to cause said transferrer to properly move to engage the head of the bobbin in transferring the same. The transferrer 69 has {attached thereto, in this instance by a set screw 71,the inner'end ofan arm 7 2, which is bent downwardly at its outer end 72, ahd is adapted to engage the tip of the bobbinf Each shuttle t has a plate 4 secured on one side" thereof, near the end, see Fig.5, this instance by two screws 4". The plate tflhas one opening 4 therethmugh, which is in alinement and registers with-an opening in the body of theshuttle. Intothe opening 4 the bent 'end 73"ot' an indicating lever The lever 73 has its hub pivot-ally mounted on a stud 74, suitably supported, and' has an arm 73 which is adapted .to rest on a pawl 7 5, which is pivotally mounted on a stud 76. A lever 77 is pivotallydnminted on a stnd'73, and has a projection thereon adapted to be engaged by a projection 73'--onthe 'indi eating lever 73, and a. second projection it-hereon extending above and in the path of the inner end of the hoot; 18. A spring actu ated pin 79"hasitsbearings in projections g O fon afstand 80, seeFigs'Q, and 3, an

extends under the hook' 18 at its inner end a'n'd the' ac'tion ot' the helially e' oiled spring 81' a'roi nd thepin 79, acts to i'aisesaid pm, 7 9 and through the raising ofisaidipin, to! raise the hook 18, when it is released by the movement of the lever 77 throi'lgh the move ment of the"indicator levermf news in- Fig. 3. The rais ng, of theih ole-18 brings itinto the pathof the e elets-swa on the Kev-er" -73 is adaptedto enter, as thelay beats up.

levers 9and 10, to move'said supports from the position shown in Fig. 2, to the position shown 1n 'F1gL3, thus releasing the 'lowest bobbin in the to drop down to the discharging end of the magazine.

" {the weft fork by turnin raised as esired, and as the shuttle 4 enters the box'at the right It will be understood that there are four indicator levers 7 3., one for each of the four shuttles, and that the holes 4 through the plates 4 and in the body of the shuttle 4, corresponding to the position of the engaging ends of the indicating levers 7 3, sothat the discharge of a bobbin from each one of the four compartments, is controlled by the indicating lever for the shuttle having a bobbinv with filling thereon .of a corre sponding color or character.

In Figs. 14, and 15 are shown some not shown'in-the other figures, and more particularly the device carried on the lay,.and lnioving therewith, for actuating the cutter in the shuttle, to cut the filling 'in the run: ning shuttle prior to the complete exhaustion r tlieffilling, as shown and fully described in" Letters f Patent, No. 914,703, dated March 9,1909, In said Figs. 14, and 15, 82 is the upper part of the lay-sword, 83 is the hand 'rail;' 84 is the shuttle binder pivoted-at its ,buter end, and having an offset 84" therein 3.5.

bentends'73 of the indicator levers 7 3. 85

near its inner end, for the entrance of the is the-binder s ring, 86 is the binder finger fast-on the me shaft 26. on the plate 87, which forms a specially shaped mouthpiece for. the shuttle, is secured an eccentric bolt 88;"said bolt 88 is secured by a set screw 89, see Fig.'15, ina boss 87 on the plate 87. On the inner end of the bolt 88 is loosely mount ed a latch or trip finger 90; said trip finger, the bolt 88, may be lowered or hand endof the loom, is adapted to engage the cam-shaped head 91 on the bolt 91, see Fig. 15, the top or upper surfaceof the shuttle. The movement of the bolt 91*1noves. a cutter blade or (llmife 92, to sever the filling thread carrie rt of the threading mechanism of the (shuttle, all as is fully described in our said application for a patent. The plate 87 has an'opening 87' therein for the entrance of 38 on the slide 36, to indicate the failure of the filling'thread when the.

filling has been cut, as above described.

From the above description in connection with the drawings, the operation of our improvements will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

It willbe, understood that the details of compartment, and allowing it parts which extends on into the recess 93' in a plate 93, forming construction of our improvements may be varied if desired. I

Having thus described our invention, what We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a loom, a lay having a trip, a shuttle having a device to co-act with said trip, to cut the filling after the shuttle'has laid a complete pick in the shed.

2. In a loom, a lay having a trip, a shuttle having a cutting or breaking device arranged to be actuated by said trip, filling supply mechanism adjacent one end of said lay, and means, through the instrumentality of the filling fork, to cause the filling changing means to operate.

3. In a loom, a lay,- a shuttle, a trip mounted on said lay and arranged to operate a filling cutting or breaking device arranged in said shuttle, said device operating to cut or break said filling after the shuttle has laid a complete pick of'filling in the shed, at a point in the unwinding which leaves a predetermined number of picks on the bobbin.

4. In a loom, a layhaving a trip,.a shuttle'having a cutting or breaking device, arranged to be actuated by trip, a filling changing mechanism, and means through the 'instrumentality of the filling fork, to cause the filling changing mechanism to operate to supply the shuttle with fresh filling on its return to the filling changing end of the loom.

plete pick of filling, combined with means I to stop the loom.

v 7 In a.loom, a" lay, filling sup lyanism adjacent to one end'o the lay, ing fork to cause the fillingsuppl mechanism to operate to sup ly fresh ling on the exhaustion of the ing in the shuttle, after laying a full pick of filling in the shed, and mechanism to stop the 100m on the-exhaustipn of thefilling when the shuttle has failed to lay afull pick.

8. In a 100m, a lay, a single shuttle box at one end of the lay, combined with filling changing mechanism adjacent thereto, means to stop the loom on't'he failure of the shuttle to lay'a full pick of filling in the shed combined with means to render the stopping mechanism inoperative on the discontinued use of a fillin carrier, after the shuttle has laid a'full ici of filling in the shed.

9. In a loom, a'lay, ashuttle having a.

mechfilling cutting or severingdevice, and arcompartments extending in an inclined plane relative to the lower part, to hold the heads 'rirs obliquely into position, to be transranged to be picked across the lay, a trip mounted on said lay in position to operate said filling cutting or severing device on every alternate pick.

10. In a loom, a lay, shuttle boxes at one end thereof, a stationary filling carrier magazine mounted at the opposite end of said lay, arranged to lower any of the filling carferred from the magazine into the shuttle.

11. In a weft replenishing loom, a magazine having a plurality of compartments for bobbins or filling carriers, the lower part of said compartments exte'nding'in a perpendicular plane, and the upper part of said and tips of the bobbins in said inclined parts i out of line with each other, in the direction of the len 'th of the bobbins.

12. In a- Weil replenishin 100111, a magazine having a plurality of compartments for bobbins or filling carriers, the lower part of .said compartments extending in a perpen- RANDOLPH cRoMPToN. O N RQFITTON.

\Vitnesses:

MARY C. IDE, GEORGE OROMPTON. 

